EMT & Paramedic Test Prep: Emergency Care 14th Ed. Limmer Chapter 1-41 Test Bank & Study Guide

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byjDanieljLimmerjMichaeljO’Keefe,jEdwardjDickinsonjMedical
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FULL TEST BANK!!!
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dwardjT.jDickinsonjTestjBank


1) Whichjofjthejfollowingjrefersjtojajprogramjorjprocessjforjevaluatingjandjim
provingjthejeffectivenessjofjanjEMSjsystem?
A) Qualityjimprovement

,B) Systemjeffectivenessjmanagement
C) ProcessjImprovementjPlanj(PIP)
D) Totaljqualityjsystemj-
jA)jCORRECT.jQualityjimprovementj(QI)jconsistsjofjcontinuousjself-

reviewjwithjthejpurposejofjidentifyingjaspectsjofjthejEMSjsystemjthatjrequirej
improvement,jwithjsubsequentjactionjplansjtojmakejsubsequent
changes.
B) INCORRECT.jSystemjeffectivenessjmanagementjdoesjnotjreferjtojajpr
ogramjofjevaluatingjandjimprovingjanjEMSjsystem.
C) INCORRECT.jAjprogramjorjprocessjforjevaluatingjandjimprovingjthejef
fectivenessjofjanjEMSjsystemjisjnotjreferredjtojasjajProcessjImprovementjProgr
am.
D) INCORRECT.jThejtermj"totaljqualityjsystem"jdoesjnotjreferjtojajprogramjfor
jimprovingjthejeffectivenessjofjEMSjsystems.




2) Whichjofjthejfollowingjgroupsjisjcreditedjwithjdevelopingjthejearliestjdo
cumentedjemergencyjmedicaljservice?
A) ThejSpanish
B) ThejEgyptians
C) ThejMayans
D) ThejFrenchj-
jExplanation:jA)jINCORRECT.jThejSpanishjdidjnotjdevelopjthejfirstjdocumentedje

mergencyjmedicaljservice;jthejFrenchjdidjinjthej1700s.jB)jINCORRECT.jAlthoughjk
nownjforjprogressjinjtechnicaljareas,jthejEgyptiansjwerejnotjresponsiblejforjthejfirstjd
ocumentedjemergencyjmedicaljservice.jInj1790,jthejFrenchjfirstjbeganjtransportingj
woundedjsoldiersjawayjfromjbattlefieldsjandjtojwaitingjmedicaljcare.
C) INCORRECT.jThejearliestjdocumentedjemergencyjmedicaljservicejwasjinjFra
ncejinj1790,jnearlyjajthousandjyearsjafterjthejMayanjcivilizationjdisappeared.

, D) CORRECT.jThejearliestjdocumentedjemergencyjmedicaljservicejwasjinj1790jw
henjthejFrenchjbeganjtransportingjwoundedjsoldiersjfromjthejscenesjofjbattlejtoj
waitingjphysicians.

3) Inj1966jthejNationaljHighwayjSafetyjActjchargedjwhichjofjthejfollowingjag
enciesjwithjthejdevelopmentjofjemergencyjmedicaljservicejstandards?
A) U.S.jDepartmentjofjTransportation
B) U.S.jDepartmentjofjthejInterior
C) U.S.jDepartmentjofjHealthjServices
D) U.S.jDepartmentjofjHomelandjSecurityj-
jExplanation:jA)jCORRECT.jInj1966jthejNationaljHighwayjSafetyjActjchargedjthe

jUnitedjStatesjDepartmentjofjTransportationj(DOT)jwithjdevelopingjEMSjstandar

dsjandjassistingjthejstatesjtojupgradejthejqualityjofjtheirjprehospitaljemergencyjcare
.
B) INCORRECT.jThejU.S.jDepartmentjofjthejInteriorjisjchargedjwithjthejmana
gementjandjconservationjofjfederaljlandjandjthejcountry'sjnaturaljresources.jThejDe
partmentjofjTransportationjwasjchargedjwithjdevelopingjEMSjstandards.
C) INCORRECT.jAlthoughjthejU.S.jDepartmentjofjHealthjandjHumanjService
sjisjchargedjwithjprotectingjthejhealthjofjalljAmericans,jthejUnitedjStatesjDepartme
ntjofjTransportationjwasjassignedjthejtaskjofjdevelopingjemergencyjmedicaljservic
ejstandards.
D) INCORRECT.jAlthoughjthejU.S.jDepartmentjofjHomelandjSecurityjisjtask
edjwithjprotectingjthejnationjfromjthreats,jitjwasjestablishedjinj2002jandjdidjnotjexis
tjinj1966.jItjwasjthejU.S.jDepartmentjofjTransportationjthatjwasjchargedjwithjdevel
opingjEMSjstandards.
4) WhichjofjthejfollowingjagenciesjisjresponsiblejforjestablishingjEMSjsystemjas
sessmentjprograms?
A) DepartmentjofjHealthjandjHumanjServicesj(HHS)
B) NationaljTransportationjSafetyjBoardj(NTSB)
C) NationaljHighwayjTrafficjSafetyjAdministrationj(NHTSA)
D) UnitedjStatesjHealthjServicesjAgencyj(HSA)j-
jExplanation:jA)jINCORRECT.jThejDepartmentjofjHealthjandjHumanjServicesj

(HHS)jisjnotjresponsiblejforjEMSjsystemjassessmentjprograms.
B) INCORRECT.jThejNationaljTransportationjSafetyjBoardj(NTSB)jdoesjnotjes
tablishjEMSjsystemjassessmentjprograms.